Vita Global is hosting a film screening in Phoenix, Arizona called Poverty, Inc., a thought-provoking film that has earned 40 international film festival honors including a “Best of Fests” selection at IDFA- the biggest documentary festival in the world. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore.

I arrived in Tanzania this week, ready to begin another inspirational initiative with the Vital Voices team where we will assist budding entrepreneurs with their business. #VVGrow. As I prepared for this trip I recounted the path that lead me here, the lives I saw impacted and the friendships I made along the way.

“NeverForget 9/11 – I was in my hotel room in Bratislava… I turned on the TV… This was not a movie.” The time was 2:50 pm on September 11, 2001, 8:50 am EST. I was in my hotel room in Bratislava, Slovakia changing my clothes before...